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TWC definitely did it because of Google Fiber, too. They started doing this right around the time Google made it clear it's not just an "experiment" anymore, an
by higherpurpose 13y ago
TWC definitely did it because of Google Fiber, too. They started doing this right around the time Google made it clear it's not just an "experiment" anymore, and they were starting to get a lot of media attention.
I strongly urge people that if they have to choose between Google Fiber and AT&T or Comcast or any of these other guys who've frustrated you for years and couldn't care less about you until Google Fiber arrived, to dump them immediately and go with Google Fiber anyway, even they are matching speeds and prices by then.
They don't deserve you as a customer anymore, and they wouldn't have given you this speed were it not for Google Fiber. So Google Fiber deserves to be rewarded with customers because of that, and Comcast/TWC/AT&T does not.
If Google Fiber isn't rewarded with customers for its fiber expansion, then it might die, and then what do you think will happen then? Comcast/etc will go back to their shitty services once again and not care one bit about upgrading anymore, and we'll be in the same situation we are now 5-10 years from now, or perhaps much worse if there's no net neutrality anymore, and all the current telco cartel boys get to bully small start-ups without any fear of any real competition that might not do that, and without having to risk losing customers again. That's why you should quit them immediately.
- mhurron 13y agoWhat has Google done to deserve you as a customer. What in the data gathering they do now makes it a good deal to expand their view of you? The only thing that makes Google different in this situation is they haven't pissed you off yet. No I would not be getting Google Fiber when/if it showed up, but I don't live anywhere where it would any time soon, if ever.
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- coldpie 13y ago> What has Google done to deserve you as a customer[?] Introduced competition into a market that had none. That's worthy of a switch in my opinion.
- mhurron 13y agoThere was a time that the cable companies did that. Then everything converged to a new normal. I don't buy into the Google worship. They are a corporation like any other and act like one. When switching to Google Fiber means ubiquitous Google data collection, I don't see it as a positive thing. I suppose if you have the memory of a goldfish Google fiber is great as huge speed bump.